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Im looking for a new graphics card for my computer but dont know which one i should buy. I have a pent 4, 504 mb ram, 140 gb hard drive,128 mb factory graphics card, and its 3 gh. I bought Scarface and i cant play it cause i need a better graphics card. Will someone help me and give me advice.

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I'm almost gonna say it's PCI-E but grab this small 400k program called CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-138.zip extract it into it's own folder, run cpu-z.exe and click on the tab at the top of the program named "mainboard". Look to the bottom under "graphic interface" > "version" and write back.

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Right click "MY COMPUTER",select properties,then hardware,then device manager.Once that window opens,click on display adapter.This should tell you what kind of video card you have.Write down the info and get back to me.Goodluck.

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I was thinking of paying someone to do it (lol) unless its pretty easy.
I dont know a lot about computers. Im also going to buy more memory ram cause I have 525 mb and it says I have 2 extra empty ports.

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Some cases can be tricky to get back on. I'm a little short in the patients though More ram is always a good thing. Puts less stress on your hard drive.
Is it an E-Machine Dizzy? Can't find the cold hard specs but I did find 2 message boards with your same configuration claiming PCI-E on the motherboard.

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Serena V: Welcome to HP Total Care for Pavilion Desktops. My name is Serena V. How may I assist you today?
Serena V: Hi Jon.
jon deaton: hi
Serena V: How are you doing today?
jon deaton: fine
Serena V: Great, how may I assist you?
jon deaton: i want to upgrade my graphic card and i dont know what to get
Serena V: I will provide you the information.
jon deaton: do i have a pci e or what?
Serena V: Please confirm the model number of your PC: HP Pavilion a1113w Desktop PC
jon deaton: yes
Serena V: Thank you for confirmation Jon.
Serena V: May I put you on hold for 3 minutes while I review your computer specifications?
jon deaton: yes
Serena V: Thank you for staying online.
jon deaton: yw
Serena V: As per the computer specifications, PC is shipped with the onboard video and the chipset is Intel 915GV.
Serena V: PC has total 3 PCI slots out of which 2 PCI slots are available for expansion.
jon deaton: what does that mean?
jon deaton: i can buy 2 graphic cards?
Serena V: This means you may install two PCI devices.
jon deaton: what are pci devices?
Serena V: Computers donot support 2 graphics card.
jon deaton: ok
Serena V: PCI is the slot where a card fits in.
Serena V: That is the connector.
Serena V: The graphics card should be a PCI which means that it should be designed to connect to the PCI slot on the PC.
jon deaton: can i buy a nvidea or a geforce card?
Serena V: Yes Jon, you may ceratinly buy the above cards however, make sure that you ask for above card which is a PCI card compaible with 250 watts of power supply.

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Dude, you have integrated video. You don't have a video card per se. The PCI slots are useless. They are only good for audio, usb, ide, whatever. Whatever you do, don't buy a PCI graphics card. It would be a waste of your money, if you could even find one. That stuff is ancient.... I think it's time for a new motherboard or a new system.